A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

With the right preparations and technological solutions in place, aviation would continue to operate safely, even during a ...

Check your compass again — Earth’s north magnetic pole ... Some speculate that this could presage a flip of the north and south magnetic poles, but scientists say there’s no evidence that ...

Check your compass again – Earth’s north magnetic pole ... Some speculate that this could presage a flip of the north and south magnetic poles, but scientists say there’s no evidence that ...

Unlike the geographic North Pole, which marks a fixed location, the magnetic north pole’s position is determined by Earth’s magnetic ... that this polar flip, which can take thousands of ...

The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal ... moment' in which the sun's poles flip," French said. "It's not like the Earth, where the flip is measured by the ...